He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government.
Samuel JohnsonExtended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.
Samuel JohnsonThat friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but virtue of the same kind; not only the same end must be proposed, but the same means must be approved by both.
Samuel JohnsonLexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.
Samuel Johnson